Новости за 05.01.2017

FORMER world number one Tiger Woods said he would compete in the European Tour’s Dubai Desert Classic next month as he charts his comeback from injury. “I’ve always enjoyed playing in Dubai and it’s fantastic to see how the city has grown phenomenally from when I first started playing there,” Woods said on the event […]

The Leventis Municipal Museum continues to showcase two very unique exhibitions this year. They both have a feminine touch to them, but also do what most exhibits in museums do: show us how things have changed through time, and how culture and tradition are reflected in the items on display. Dolls: An Open Window to […]

WORLD number one Angelique Kerber was knocked out of the Brisbane International by Elina Svitolina on Thursday while second seed Dominika Cibulkova also succumbed to a quarter-final upset. Ukrainian sixth seed Svitolina prevailed 6-4 3-6 6-3 in her slugfest with Kerber to set up a semi-final clash with Karolina Pliskova who beat Roberta Vinci 3-6 […]

The cabinet has approved legislation criminalising harassment and stalking, bringing Cyprus in line with the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, and domestic violence. The bill, to be forwarded to parliament, was drafted by the ministry of justice in collaboration with the attorney-general’s office. It proposes stricter penalties on individuals […]

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said on Thursday that Russia has a “long history” of interfering in elections, but that US officials had never encountered activity like its efforts during the 2016 US campaign. “The Russians have a long history of interfering in elections. Theirs and other people’s… This goes back to the […]

A son of late al-Qaeda head Osama bin Laden and a leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were added to the US counter-terrorism blacklist on Thursday, a move to keep them from using the US financial system, the State Department said. The State and Treasury departments said they had designated Hamza bin Laden […]

President Nicos Anastasiades has addressed a letter to UN Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres informing him that he will be attending the Geneva summit on Cyprus in a dual capacity, both as leader of the Greek Cypriot community and as the representative – as head of state – of the Republic. The president’s move emerged […]

Local media outlets from both sides of the divide – Politis, Yeni Duzen, and Kanal Sim are organising on Sunday a music event at the Old Market – Bandabuliya – in Nicosia in the north, in a bid to help members of the two communities to move closer together. ‘Countdown to Peace’ is part of […]

A Massachusetts county sheriff has proposed sending prison inmates from around the United States to build the proposed wall along the Mexican border that is one of US President-elect Donald Trump’s most prominent campaign promises. “I can think of no other project that would have such a positive impact on our inmates and our country […]

Over 15 tonnes of bottle caps were collected in the 2015-2016 school year under the programme ‘I can’t get enough caps’. The campaign was organised by the Cyprus Antirheumatic Association and the education ministry with the support of insurance company Universal Life. Eleftheria Antoniou who is in charge of the fund-raiser said on Thursday that […]

Turkish police shot dead two attackers and were searching for a third after a car bomb exploded outside a courthouse in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir on Thursday, wounding at least 10 people, state media and local officials said. The blast was caused by a car bomb, Izmir municipality secretary general Bugra Gokce told […]

Turkish officials are questioning the presence of US-led coalition forces at an air base in southern Turkey over what they see as insufficient support for Turkey’s military operations against Islamic State in Syria. President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday there was no need for a “rushed evaluation” on Incirlik, a base used […]

US intelligence agencies obtained what they considered to be conclusive evidence after the November election that Russia provided hacked material from the Democratic National Committee to WikiLeaks through a third party, three US officials said on Wednesday. US officials had concluded months earlier that Russian intelligence agencies had directed the hacking, but had been less […]

The 20-year-old British actor – who has been cast as Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe appearing as the superhero once already in ‘Captain America: Civil War’ – is among the five nominees shortlisted for the prestigious prize along with 20-year-old actress-and-model Anya Taylor-Joy, ‘Loving’ star Ruth Negga, Spanish actress Laia Costa and ‘Manchester by […]

Depositors at the Cyprus branch of Ukraine’s PrivatBank are able to withdraw funds from their accounts at a rate of €500 a day, a source at the bank said. A customer of the bank, which Ukrainian authorities nationalised and recapitalised two weeks ago, said that he had been notified by the bank on Wednesday about […]

France’s far-right National Front says it is scrambling to find funding to fight its 2017 presidential election campaign, accusing French banks of playing politics by refusing to lend cash. Marine Le Pen’s National Front (FN) has borrowed about €6m from her estranged father and party founder Jean-Marie – an ironic twist since she threw him […]

Bank of Cyprus, the island’s biggest credit institution, said that it fully repaid its outstanding emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) to the Central Bank of Cyprus, two weeks before commencing the trading of its share at the London Stock Exchange. The emergency funding, inherited from Cyprus Popular Bank, widely known as Laiki, when it went out […]

Who hasn’t said they’d like to win the lottery? Well, for one unemployed musician this wish really did come true – at least in the play The Underground Millionaire by Bulgarian writer Hristo Boytchev. While the musician in question is fast asleep in his bed, he is awoken by the sound of good fortune. A […]

Interest rates in the Cypriot banking system dropped in November for both deposits and non-corporate loans, reaching in certain cases all-time lows, the central bank said. Households received in November 1.46 per cent for their deposits with a maturity of up to 12 months, which is the lowest ever and 1 basis point less compared […]

I think everyone’s main concern when it comes to picking a night out, especially with the cold weather upon us, is warmth, comfort and great drinks. And while there are many good options some stand out more than the rest, for me, one of these places is Frankie’s Social. Located on Makarios Avenue, it is […]

I have over the years tried almost every fish restaurant within easy driving distance of my home and after countless forays into what I always hope will be a piscatorial wonderland, I invariably return home disillusioned. Then there is also the problem with the price of fish, it’s also a rule that one can charge […]

The number of property transactions in Cyprus rose an annual 43 per cent in 2016 to 7,063, the highest since 2010, after they more than doubled in December to 1,134 as buyers rushed to take advantage of phasing out tax-breaks, the Department of Lands and Surveys said. The increase in transactions last year came mainly […]

A new proposal by the forestry department could eventually see ‘refreshment areas’ spring up along much of the islands coastline, including the protected areas of Akamas and Aphrodite’s rock in Paphos, Cape Greco in Ayia Napa and Dasoudi in Limssol, according to a Green party MP. Charalambos Theopemptou said that for years interested parties have […]

Police on Thursday released the names and photos of four men wanted in connection with the bloody killing of an Indian student in Dherynia, which resulted in three others being injured, one of them critically. Police named the wanted men, all Indian nationals, as Sarbjit Singh, 24, Kovark Khera, 21, Rupinderpal Singh, 24 and Sanjal […]

Israeli police said on Thursday they arrested two people for inciting violence on social media against three military judges who convicted a soldier of manslaughter over his fatal shooting of a wounded Palestinian attacker. The judges found Sergeant Elor Azaria, 20, guilty of the charge on Wednesday, and supporters have set up several Facebook pages […]